Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Unutmanin Genel Teorisi

As the country goes through various political upheavals from colony to socialist republic to civil war to peace and capitalism, the world outside seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of someone peeing on a balcony, or a man fleeing his pursuers. A General Theory of Oblivion is a perfectly crafted, wild patchwork of a novel, playing on a love of storytelling and fable.

A General Theory of Oblivion

Félix Ventura trades in an unusual commodity; he is a dealer in memories, clandestinely selling new pasts to people whose futures are secure and who lack only a good lineage to complete their lives. In this completely original murder mystery, where people are not who they seem and the briefest of connections leads to the forging of entirely new histories, a bookish albino, a beautiful woman, a mysterious foreigner, and a witty talking lizard come together to discover the truth of their lives. Set in Angola, Agualusa's tale darts from tormented past to dream-filled present with a lightness that belies the savage history of a country in which many have something to forget -- and to hide. A brilliant American debut by one of the most lauded writers in the Portuguese-speaking world, this is a beautifully written and always surprising tale of race, truth, and the transformative power of creativity.

A Novel

The Book of Chameleons

Teoria Geral Do Esquecimento

Daniel Hahn

Society of Reluctant Dreamers

Estranhoes e Bizarrocos

Vendedor De Passados, O

A luminous collection of dryly humorous stories that revel in the surreal and fantastic, from the pen of José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award Perfect for readers of Haruki Murakami, Julio Cortázar, and Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift Vividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. On the sands of Itamaracá, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water’s smooth and silvery, the Atlantic tarpon after it rains, and a jack when the sea goes blue. Elsewhere, Borges sulks away in a plantation of neverending banana tree, and the president of the United States wakes from a coma speaking only Portuguese. With “the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist” (The Arts Desk), Agualusa offers a sly wink to the fictional quality inherent in all narratives, whether they’re fishermen’s tales, national histories, or the stories we tell ourselves.

Stories

A Practical Guide to Levitation

Os morros do Rio de Janeiro estão a arder. Aproxima-se o dia em que a guerra descerá sobre os bairros ricos da cidade. Um antigo coronel do Ministério da Segurança de Estado de Angola, que trocou o seu país pelo Brasil, fugindo às armadilhas de um amor feroz e ao tormento da memória, prepara esse dia. Um jornalista mergulha no incêndio dos morros cariocas em busca de respostas a perguntas que poucos se atrevem a colocar. Tudo isto acontece agora. Zumbi, o mítico herói do Quilombo de Palmares, voltou para tomar o Rio.

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